17. Hill, Isaac Mason (1816 - 1885)
- born in Birmingham
- married Mary AVERY 1845 in Nelson
They had twelve children, two of whom died in infancy. Isaac and Mary Hill lived in Haven Road. In the 1845 census Isaac was described as a cow-keeper. In 1847, after a visit to Sydney, Isaac Hill reported that conditions for labourers were on balance no better there than in Nelson, and the moral climate of Nelson was certainly preferable. By 1849 he was a storekeeper in Nelson. He was prominent among the mechanics and labourers who petitioned the New Zealand Company in 1850 for compensation for breach of contract over the harsh and disappointing conditions experienced in Nelson by the early arrivals
- Throughout his life Isaac remained a staunch member of the Society of Friends (Quakers)